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The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma”: 1,000 performances in Moscow
It was during the 12th season of the Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” in Moscow that the Ballet performed the 1,000th show of Yuri Tsarenko’s program “The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma”. The honored guests present at the show were Alexander Beglov, an authorized representative of the Russian Federation President in the Central Federal District, and Sergei Sitnikov, the Governor of Kostroma Oblast.
11 years – 33 months – 1,000 days – 1,000 shows – more than 1,000,000 spectators!
Since 2005 under the auspices of Kostroma Oblast Administration, the Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” has been holding the annual summer touristic project “The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” in Moscow. The show about the great history of the great country welcomed guests in the big concert hall “Cosmos” for 11 years. In 2016 the 12th season of The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” took place on the new stage, in “Russkaya Pesnya” Folklore Theater.
The content of the program “The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” adjusted every season depending on the tempo of the Ballet’s growth and following the audience’s wishes; new choreographic compositions and new life sketches of the Russian people were added to the show while the general mood of the performance changed from the fairy-tale like one to a large-scale historical canvass. There have been lots of premiers that interpreted the most important historical milestones and showed the cultural diversity of the united multinational people of the Russian state.
The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” was initially meant to become a Russian cherry on top of the cake of the cultural program for numerous tourists coming to the capital during their summer vacation and it became quite popular among well-known writers, clothes designers, musicians, ambassadors, diplomats, presidents and even members of some royal families.
The program was seen by the people of more than 150 different nationalities of different confessions and cultures. Having become the symbol of Russia, The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” was included in the cultural program of high-profile foreign delegations. At different times the show was attended by Alexander Beglov, an authorized representative of the Russian Federation President in the Central Federal District, Maria Zakharova, the Director of the Mass Media and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Georgiy Poltavchenko, the sitting Governor of Saint Petersburg, Sergei Sitnikov, the Governor of Kostroma Oblast, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, outstanding cosmonauts and astronauts of the world – the members of the 24th Planet Congress of the Association of the Space Flight Participants and Georgy Grechko, a Soviet cosmonaut, twice the Hero of the Soviet Union, in particular, Andrei Tolstoi, a great-grandson of the famous write as the Head of Swedish delegation.
Leading Russian channels such as Pervy Kanal, TNT, STS, TV3, NTV, Russia Today and Life News, made news reports and TV programs about The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma”.
The Russian National Dance Show “Kostroma” is a unique project for the history of Russian choreography because the Russian National Ballet “Kostroma” is the only non-repertory company in Russia that could give more than 1,000 solo shows in Moscow in 12 years. The Ballet has an amazing power to unite the nations not only on stage but also in the audience. Regardless of the skin color, religious beliefs and political views people from the audience dance with each other, rejoice, hug and stay together for a long time and leave thousands thank yous in the multilingual Comments Book after the shows.
